Filling the Bucket

a confluence of whims and factors resulted in booking a room, closer to the action, for two nights.

the timing is proving impeccable. it started snowing late in the afternoon on wednesday, and should continue well into friday. some predict 20″.

this is truly one for the books.

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it’s so beautiful

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desires are a very interesting thing; they are the captain of the ship, steering us through life. whether positive (i want it!) or negative (i don’t want it!) they are the thing that dictates our direction, on scales small and large: what you want to do in the next 10 minutes or what you would like to accomplish with your entire life.

in this first stage of my journey i decided to follow a dream. the reason was not, as people might understandably assume, because i’m childish and i just want to play forever. i will not argue these facts, but they aren’t the reason. in other words you might say it isn’t desire driving this boat. the idea is to experiment with fulfillment of desire. and if i’m gonna go for fulfillment, why go for the small stuff? might as well dream big, and fulfill the ultimate bucket-list-worthy desire of them all.

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the ultimate fulfillment for a ski bum is powder. deep, fresh, fluffy. it doesn’t stay that way for long.

the dream came true today, and again tomorrow. it’s been snowing nonstop for over 24 hours now, and shows no sign of relenting. there’s no better place in the world right now to be a skier.